It might be worth noting here for those who weren’t already aware that according to the New Testament, Jesus’s cousin John the Baptist dwelt in the wilderness eating locusts and wild honey. (“Two great tastes that taste great together.”)
The Book of Leviticus in the Old Testament specifically mentions locusts, crickets and grasshoppers as being kosher.
Leviticus 11:22–11:22
- Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.
I wouldn’t generally recommend the Old Testament as words to live by, however.
